In this Dec. 5 file photo, protesters rally for better wages at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Detroit.

Since I was one of them once, I can understand the desire of minimum-wage workers for more money, but consider that attempting to raise minimum-wage workers to the middle class by raising the minimum wage is like a dog chasing its tail. The goal will never be reached, because the McDonald's workers will pay more for their Big Mac, like the rest of us.

Prices tend to rise along with the minimum wage, because businesses will always try to maintain profit margin, unless, of course, one advocates government-mandated price control and profit-margin limits as well, in which case we're not talking about capitalism any longer.